diff --git a/src/atom.coffee b/src/atom.coffee
index ace3245ef..b787764be 100644
--- a/src/atom.coffee
+++ b/src/atom.coffee
@@ -721,7 +721,9 @@ class Atom extends Model
 
   deserializeWorkspaceView: ->
     Workspace = require './workspace'
-    WorkspaceView = require './workspace-view'
+
+    if includeDeprecations
+      WorkspaceView = require './workspace-view'
 
     startTime = Date.now()
     @workspace = Workspace.deserialize(@state.workspace) ? new Workspace
diff --git a/src/text-editor-component.coffee b/src/text-editor-component.coffee
index c2babdca4..b57920952 100644
--- a/src/text-editor-component.coffee
+++ b/src/text-editor-component.coffee
@@ -152,9 +152,10 @@ class TextEditorComponent
     if @editor.isAlive()
       @updateParentViewFocusedClassIfNeeded()
       @updateParentViewMiniClass()
-      @hostElement.__spacePenView.trigger 'cursor:moved' if cursorMoved
-      @hostElement.__spacePenView.trigger 'selection:changed' if selectionChanged
-      @hostElement.__spacePenView.trigger 'editor:display-updated'
+      if grim.includeDeprecations
+        @hostElement.__spacePenView.trigger 'cursor:moved' if cursorMoved
+        @hostElement.__spacePenView.trigger 'selection:changed' if selectionChanged
+        @hostElement.__spacePenView.trigger 'editor:display-updated'
 
   readAfterUpdateSync: =>
     @linesComponent.measureCharactersInNewLines() if @isVisible() and not @newState.content.scrollingVertically
diff --git a/src/text-editor-element.coffee b/src/text-editor-element.coffee
index ccd69dca8..5822f533c 100644
--- a/src/text-editor-element.coffee
+++ b/src/text-editor-element.coffee
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 Path = require 'path'
 {defaults} = require 'underscore-plus'
 TextBuffer = require 'text-buffer'
+Grim = require 'grim'
 TextEditor = require './text-editor'
 TextEditorComponent = require './text-editor-component'
 TextEditorView = null
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ class TextEditorElement extends HTMLElement
   createdCallback: ->
     @emitter = new Emitter
     @initializeContent()
-    @createSpacePenShim()
+    @createSpacePenShim() if Grim.includeDeprecations
     @addEventListener 'focus', @focused.bind(this)
     @addEventListener 'blur', @blurred.bind(this)
 
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ class TextEditorElement extends HTMLElement
     @model.onDidChangeGrammar => @addGrammarScopeAttribute()
     @model.onDidChangeEncoding => @addEncodingAttribute()
     @model.onDidDestroy => @unmountComponent()
-    @__spacePenView.setModel(@model)
+    @__spacePenView.setModel(@model) if Grim.includeDeprecations
     @model
 
   getModel: ->
diff --git a/src/workspace-element.coffee b/src/workspace-element.coffee
index f2805ff08..66ded0084 100644
--- a/src/workspace-element.coffee
+++ b/src/workspace-element.coffee
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ class WorkspaceElement extends HTMLElement
     @initializeContent()
     @observeScrollbarStyle()
     @observeTextEditorFontConfig()
-    @createSpacePenShim()
+    @createSpacePenShim() if Grim.includeDeprecations
 
   attachedCallback: ->
-    callAttachHooks(this)
+    callAttachHooks(this) if Grim.includeDeprecations
     @focus()
 
   detachedCallback: ->
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class WorkspaceElement extends HTMLElement
 
     @appendChild(@panelContainers.modal)
 
-    @__spacePenView.setModel(@model)
+    @__spacePenView.setModel(@model) if Grim.includeDeprecations
     this
 
   getModel: -> @model